Poseidon in Arknights

The Grand Tutor waved his hand: "Don't worry, the person is fine. Although a lot of equipment was lost, it's all minor."

Well, the Grand Tutor wasn't lying; nothing really happened. Although the nearly one hundred astrologers did suffer a backlash, otherwise, so many people wouldn't have needed to divine even a tiny clue.

However, this backlash was different from the previous accidental events. The star-gazing masters were not injured, but they lost their ability to observe the stars and make divinations.

Fortunately, it was only temporary. After half a month of recuperation, some of them have recovered their abilities. So the loss this time was only in terms of equipment. At least the people were safe. So the loss was neither too great nor too small.

"That's good." Xi Yue breathed a slight sigh of relief, then looked at the Grand Tutor, "If the Grand Tutor wants to ask about that demon, I'm sorry, I don't know either. Although I did encounter several guards that time and killed them."

"Well, besides that, I don't think I've done anything else."

"Perhaps Miss Yuzuki did something, but you just don't know it."

—————Yan Kingdom·Yumen Pass—————

This is Yumen City, the border guarded by the Yan Kingdom. At this moment, the entire mobile city is brightly lit, but not a single light shines forward.

Originally, Yumen was not stationed here, but the strange and unusual behavior of the demons recently led them to this place so far forward.

At this moment, in a guard post, a man dressed in a riding jacket, with a bronze dragon tail swirling behind him, sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed.

"Grandmaster." A soldier approached carrying a tray.

"Hmm." Chongyue opened his eyes and turned to look at the soldier. "Thank you for your help."

"No trouble at all." The soldier bowed slightly to Chongyue, put down his plate, looked up, paused for a moment, and then slowly asked, "Grandmaster, is there still no movement from over there?"

“No.” Chongyue shook his head. “It’s still completely still, curled up like a needle-backed beast that has sensed a threat.”

"Understood." The sergeant nodded, controlling his gaze so it didn't wander outside, and then went down the stairs.

He understood what they were facing. Even though they were huddled together as if afraid of something, they couldn't let their guard down. Their line of sight could be their route of attack.

After the soldiers left, Chongyue picked up the bowl from the plate, but his gaze remained fixed on the front.

"So you guys can be afraid after all?" Chongyue ate his food in small bites, gazing at the pitch-black night ahead. "I'd like to know what exactly you're afraid of?"

—————Longmen·Downstairs from Penguin Logistics Headquarters—————

"I feel like they didn't ask us anything before letting us come back." Xi Yue got out of the car and looked at the Emperor with some doubt. "I thought something was going to happen."

"That's just what you think." The Emperor looked up at Xi Yue. "They just came to see your attitude and to ask you for confirmation. Whether you answer or not is irrelevant to the things they want to know."

"Otherwise, what did you think it was for? Hundreds of axemen hiding behind the screen, just waiting for the Grand Tutor to smash the cup as a signal, then rushing out to hack you to pieces?"

"If that's the case, I recommend you watch fewer movies lately."

“It’s not that bad.” Xi Yue shrugged. “Besides, even if there were axemen, they couldn’t cut me down. I was just curious. Their questions were rather vague; they didn’t ask me for confirmation or anything.”

"Even when they mentioned the north, they didn't ask me to do anything."

"What do I need you to do?" The Emperor pushed up his sunglasses. "This is a matter for the Yan Kingdom. You have a formal identity in the Yan Kingdom, but based on that alone, you are just an ordinary citizen of the Yan Kingdom. There is no need to ask you to do anything."

"Yan has its own way of dealing with this; let them do it themselves."

“That makes sense.” Xi Yue nodded. “Alright, it’s getting late, everyone should wash up and go to bed.”

"Speaking of which, do you think you fall asleep that easily?" The Emperor followed behind Xi Yue, his tone slightly teasing. "You've seduced quite a few of my employees, haven't you?"

"I think it's fine," Yuuki smiled. "Also, to be precise, they were the ones who seduce me."

"Heh." The Emperor shrugged, jumped up, and pressed the elevator button. "Whatever you say goes."

"Is was telling me the other day that Kong asked him for a small, reusable bugging device. Is that thing on you now?"

"Is that so?" Xi Yue looked at the Emperor with some surprise. "Is it really that heavy? They even installed a bugging device? But that one isn't on me."

"But why would they ask Is for this?"

The Emperor thought for a moment: "I guess Kong didn't know where to get it, so she simply went to Is. Anyway, she knows Is won't tell Texas or Exusiai."

Xi Yue nodded: "Okay, I understand."

"You should take it easy." The Emperor stepped into the elevator, looked at Xi Yue who seemed somewhat surprised but didn't seem to intend to say anything, and shook his head. "If I didn't know you weren't afraid, I would be quite worried that you might get dumped."

Xi Yue shook her head: "I believe they won't go that far."

"Hehe." The Emperor chuckled mischievously. "Fine, I'll just watch the show."

"But speaking of which, even if you hear what the Grand Tutor said, you're still not at ease with the Deep Sea Church, are you?"

“Hmm.” Yu Yue nodded. “I’ll go to Iberia later and ask the Sea Heirs. But honestly, I’m a little worried.”

"Don't go there and get bombed by artillery fire!" The Emperor chuckled mischievously.

Xi Yue shrugged: "I wasn't bombed last time either."

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"Grand Tutor, is it alright to leave it like this?" Wei Yanwu looked at the Grand Tutor beside him. "Besides, isn't there something else I haven't mentioned?"

Wei Yanwu had the same question as Xiyue, but he was even more puzzled that the Grand Tutor had told him something else, yet he hadn't asked Xiyue about it at this banquet.

"Why ask?" The Grand Tutor took a sip of tea. "From her dealings with the Sea Seed or the Demons, I already know that some things were not her intention, but were caused by her."

“But compared to the demon, isn’t that matter more urgent?” Wei Yanwu looked at the Grand Tutor with some doubt. “Compared to the demon that is currently cowering and not moving, isn’t its reaction more unsettling?”

“Someone will handle it.” The Grand Tutor glanced at Wei Yanwu. “I have already explained to her that she will make her own choice if necessary.”

"Furthermore," the Grand Tutor calmly took a sip of tea, "do you think that Miss Xiyue would stand idly by?"

"But that person might not necessarily get involved in this matter, right?" Wei Yanwu looked at the Grand Tutor with some concern.

"That's a matter of human effort," the Grand Tutor said, setting down his teacup. "Besides, don't worry, how do you know Miss Xiyue won't intervene?"

—————Penguin Logistics Employee Rest Area—————

"Hmm." Xi Yue sat up in bed, her brows furrowed deeply, and rubbed her temples. "Those guys always make a fuss every time we go there."

After hearing about the Deep Sea Church from the Grand Tutor yesterday, Yuuki was still uneasy, so she went to Iberia again last night.

There are fewer defensive lines along the Iberian coast now, but you can still see far more patrol teams or judges patrolling the coast than before.

Although the army is still stationed in that area, it has basically retreated back to the nearby mobile cities.

Of course, that's not the point. The reason why Yuuki had a headache was that those guys were making an incredibly loud noise.

It wasn't a bad thing, just the sheer enthusiasm of the Sea Clan. So much so that as soon as Yuuki arrived, she could hear a torrent of voices rushing towards her.

Ocean! Ocean! Ocean! Ocean! Ocean! Ocean! Ocean! Ocean, ocean! Ocean, ocean! Ocean, ocean!

As soon as Xiyue passed by, all she could hear was this sound, which kept layering around her ears, until eventually Xiyue couldn't even recognize the word "ocean" anymore.

At this moment, Yuuki hated herself for being able to hear every single Hai Si's voice clearly. Even now, Yuuki felt as if the ocean's cries were still echoing in her ears.

That was a nightmare, pure mental pollution.

Fortunately, the shouts of the sea creatures are inaudible to humans; otherwise, Iberia would probably be preparing another army to bombard this area immediately.

Fortunately, while Yuuki was speaking, they would listen carefully to everything she said and remain silent. After Yuuki stopped speaking, it was just another round of verbal bombardment.

At times like this, Yuuki really wants to say, please don't show off your synchronization rate; every word is being repeated a trillion times in a second.

Could she hear clearly? Yes, she could hear very clearly, but too clearly. So, to spare her ears some suffering, Xi Yue quickly called for a complete halt, pulled the speaker out of the Hai Si group, and demanded that she speak slowly and deliberately.

According to the first speaker, there was indeed a group of strangely dressed scaleless people who tried to communicate with them and did many strange things.

Now, that group of strange scaleless beings has split into two factions. One faction, which is larger in number, has joined them in worshipping the ocean, while the other, a very small faction, harbors doubts about the current state of the ocean and has even done things against its will.

As for the ending of that part, the speaker didn't go into details.

The reason they were able to secretly observe the hospital on land was with the help of that group of strange scaleless people—or rather, according to the first speaker, their scaleless brethren.

They also sent down a lot of medicines for the children to study and imitate, and some bought a lot of medical textbooks in an attempt to teach the children formal medical techniques.

As for progress, the research progress of the Sea Heirs has been slowed down by the letters sent by the Deep Sea Church. The current plan of the Sea Heirs is to find a way to evolve an appearance similar to that of the scaleless people on land, and then go ashore to become a doctor on land, just like Yuzuki.

However, this will take some time, and the Sea Heirs, through the education provided by the Deep Sea Church, have come to understand the somewhat irreconcilable relationship between themselves and Iberia.

Therefore, even though some of the sea creatures have successfully evolved to the same level as ordinary people on land, they only follow the Deep Sea Church to a limited extent, trying their hand at medicine in some villages along the coastline.

After all, they don't want to harm the people on land right now; this is not what Yuzuki or the ocean want to see.

Having confirmed what she wanted to know, Yuuki breathed a sigh of relief and was also extremely happy about the current situation of the Seachildren. She then left the Seachildren with a large number of medical textbooks.

Then, Yuuki quickly disconnected before the next barrage of messages.

Xi Yue sat on the bed and shook her head, trying to clear the last lingering echo in her mind: "They were just too enthusiastic."

"Huh?" Xi Yue took out her phone and glanced at the time. When she saw that it was almost ten o'clock, her eyes widened immediately. "It's so late! I haven't made breakfast for them yet."

Xi Yue immediately rolled out of bed, and before she even left, she raised an eyebrow and looked towards the direction of the living room and kitchen.

-----kitchen-----

"Is this correct?" Exusiai held the recipe, gently scooped a little salt with a spoon, and poured it into the pot in front of her.

"That's too little, won't it be bland?" Croissant glanced at Angel's pot. "Are you even capable? You always seem so good at making desserts."

“This is different from desserts.” Exusiai waved the recipe in her hand. “It’s all about ‘a little bit’ here. How am I supposed to know how much ‘a little bit’ is?”

"Usually, when I watch Yuzuki cook, she always succeeds on the first try..."

“I’ll know once I taste it.” Muirsey picked up a small spoon and dipped a little into Exusiai’s pot. After tasting it, she said, “How should I put it? It has a kind of primal umami flavor.”

"In plain terms, it wasn't done right." Texas said, chopping vegetables. "Put in more; you clearly didn't put in enough just now."

"Don't just talk about me." Exusiai added some more salt with a spoon. "When you were chopping the scaled fish just now, your technique was so swift and decisive, you practically cleaved a crack in Yuuki's cutting board, didn't you?"

"..." Texas turned her head away, "I'll just buy one later."

"Trying to solve the gift-giving problem this way?" Exusiai seized the opportunity and retorted without stopping, "What a brilliant idea."

Texas calmly glanced at Exusiai with a murderous look in her eyes. What exactly is this alliance all about?

Chapter 130: Muirsey's Departure (Bonus Chapter)

"Ahem." Exusiai immediately turned her head away guiltily after being stared at by Texas, pretending nothing had happened.

"Hmm, this tastes about right." Muirse, ignoring the exchange of glances between the two, calmly adjusted the seasoning of Exusiai's soup.

"Really? I'll try it." Upon hearing Muerseth's voice, Exusiai immediately followed Muerseth's lead and found a way to save face, avoiding Texas's gaze.

'This Exusiai.' Texas shook her head and continued to use the cleaver to clean the fish's internal organs and some of the easier bones.

If it weren't for the fact that, based on their performance over the past few days, there should only be two of them in Penguin Logistics, she really wouldn't want to bring Exusiai along.

'Are they cooking?' Yu Yue peeked out from the corner, making herself almost invisible to avoid being discovered.